Biomedical Engineering

Biomedical Engineering is an interdisciplinary concentration designed for students interested in applying the methods and tools of engineering to the subject matter of biology and the life sciences. It is administered jointly by the Division of Engineering and the Division of Biology and Medicine.

Standard program for the ScB degree

Foundation Courses (13 - all required)

• EN 3 Introduction to Engineering
• EN 4 Dynamics and Vibration
• MA 19 or 17 or AP Calculus
• MA 20 Intermediate Calculus
• BI 20 or BN 1 Introductory Biology/Neuroscience
• AM 33 Methods in Applied Math
• CH 33 Inorganic Chemistry
• CH 35 Organic Chemistry
• AM 65* Statistics (Biostatistics)
• EN 51 Electricity and Magnetism
• EN 72 Thermodynamics
• EN 81 Fluid Mechanics
• EN 100 Projects in Engineering Design
• EN 123 Instrument Design

*Or other statistics courses with approval of concentration advisor

Additional Engineering Courses ( any 2 of 6)

• EN 31 Solid Mechanics
• EN 41 Materials
• EN 52 Electric Circuits and Signals
• EN 121 Biomechanics
• EN 149 Biomaterials
• EN 157 Linear System Analysis

Or other courses with approval of concentration advisor

Additional Biology Courses (any 2 of 7)

• BI 47 Genetics
• BI 53 Immunology
• BI 80 Physiology
• BI 105 or 106 Cell Biology
• BI 110 or 119 Cell Physiology
• BN 102 or BN 167 Neurobiology
• BI 189 Histology

Or other courses with approval of concentration advisor

Bioengineering Electives (any 3 of 14)

• BI 108 Organ Replacement
• BI 109 Polymer Science for Biomaterials
• BI 112 Biomaterials
• EN 111* Transport Pehn in Chem & Biomed Enginnering
• EN 112* Chemical and Bioreactor Design
• BI 114 Tissue Enginnering
• EN 121 ** Biomechanics
• EN 122 Neuroscience
• EN 149** Biomaterials
• BI 172 Scientific Basis of Medical Imaging
• BI 180 Animal Locomotion
• EN 193 Medical Imaging
• PH 161 Biological Physics
• BI 211 Drug and Gene Delivery
• BI 213 Techniques in Molecular and Cell Sci
• BI 214 Experimental Surgery
• EN 0193 S01 Biophonics
• EN0194 S03 Solid Biomechanics

* Pending Approval

**Unless already taken to satisfy requirement under "Additional Engineering Courses"

Or other courses with approval of concentration advisor

Design & Research Project

(One semester required; two semesters strongly recommended)

EN/BI 195/6

Honors

Honors in the concentration requires a thesis and an oral presentation based on a research project (in the context of BI 195/196 or EN 195/196) and a superior record in the concentration.

Concentration Advisors:

M. Lysaght and T. Palmore. Upon selecting the concentration, students will have dual advisors, one from the Division of Engineering and one from the Division of Biology and Medicine.

Page last updated in April, 2006.

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